Overview
Docent Academy Documents:
Docent Academy – Weekly Agendas V7
TRHP 2020 Docent Academy Class List – 2022-03.10 V2
Thames River Heritage Park:
Interpreter’s Guide to Thames River Heritage Park – 2021.04.21 – a guide to Park with a resource listing and bibliography for further individual reading and exploration.
Thames River Heritage Park – YouTube Channel – includes the following videos and more:
- Partners in History – a narrated overview of key heritage sites on the Thames
- Historic Sites of Thames River Heritage Park
- Lectures:
- Thames River Heritage Park Quests
Week 1: Mohegan Life and an Overview of Colonial Times to Present
MOHEGAN TRIBE
History
https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/explore/heritage/our-history
Cultural Outreach
https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/community/involvement/cultural-outreach
Native American Lesson Plans
https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/community/education/lesson-plans
Native American Resources
https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/community/education/relevant-links
First Indian War aka King Phillip’s War
Our Beloved Kin by Lisa Brooks
https://yale.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.12987/yale/9780300196733.001.0001/upso-9780300196733
https://ourbelovedkin.com/awikhigan/index
Pequot War – 1636-1637
http://pequotwar.org/about/
https://connecticuthistory.org/topics-page/pequot-war/
https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htm
Videos:
The Mark of Uncas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDSVulkCWY
The Mark of Uncas – Cohegan Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ww94_L8v4
Tantaquidgeon Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDSVulkCWY&t=2819s
NEW LONDON
Docent Academy – Week 1 Colonial to Contemporary Times – an outline by New London Historian Sally Ryan.
History of New London Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins. Available for sale at NLCHS, or for loan at the Public Library of NL and Groton Library.
Week 2: Colonial Life on the Thames
https://www.nlchs.org
https://www.ctvisit.com/listings/old-town-mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Mill
Week 3: The Revolutionary War on the Thames
Fort Griswold Battlefield and State Park
https://www.fortgriswold.org
https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/State-Parks/Parks/Fort-Griswold-Battlefield-State-Park/Overview
The Battle of Groton Heights and the Burning of New London
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/stateparks/parks/TheBattleofGrotonHeightsandtheBurningofNewLondonpdf.pdf
Ebenezer Avery House
https://averymemorialassociation.com/ebavery.htm
https://www.fortgriswold.org/the-ebenezer-avery-house/
Bill Memorial Library
https://www.billmemorial.org
Griswold by Charles Allyn – The definitive collection of accounts of the Battle of Groton Heights.
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Story of the Storming of Fort Griswold and the Burning of New London on the Sixth of September 1781 by Norman Hammond Burnham (Author), Rufus Avery (Author), Avery Downer (Author) – includes The Narrative of Rufus Avery from the original manuscript and other interesting matter
handsomely illustrated by full-page engravings.
Jordan Freeman Was My Friend by Richard White – set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and based on a the real-life 1781 massacre at Fort Griswold in Connecticut, this fictional book tells the story about a friendship between eleven-year-old Billy Latham and former slave Jordan Freeman.
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5EdHVPXulg
The Battle of Fort Griswold by David Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHVwGU-pBgU
Fort Griswold // Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCrOafzl35w
Fort Griswold Battlefield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=108D7RXaMis
Fort Griswold – Groton Tercentennial Lecture Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2NFCuQu48
Week 4: The Visitor Experience and Lyman Allyn Art Museum & the Arts on the Thames – Part I
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
https://www.lymanallyn.org
Additional resources to follow.
Week 5: The Irish Immigration Story and Whaling on the Thames
Irish Immigration Story on the Thames
Avery-Copp House Museum
https://www.averycopphouse.org
Avery-Copp House Museum – Docent Academy Program
thamesriverheritagepark.org/…/Docent-Academy-Avery-Copp-House-Museum-Program.pdf
Whaling on the Thames
Whaling and Desutschland Resources courtesy of Deborah Donovan
TRHP Whaling Tour Photos
https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/boat-tours/photos-whaling/
Passcode: whaling
Week 6: Speaking Tips, Guiding People with Special Needs, New London Black Heritage on the Thames
Public Speaking Tips
THRP Docent Academy – Speaking Skills Outline by Toastmaster’s Charlotte LaVesseur
https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/THRP-Docent-Academy-Speaking-Skills-Outline.pdf
Guiding People with Special Needs
Disability Etiquette – Tips On Interacting With People With Disabilities
https://www.unitedspinal.org/pdf/DisabilityEtiquette.pdf
New London Black Heritage Trail
https://visitnewlondon.org/black-heritage-trail/
New London Black Heritage Trail – 1 Page Map and Guide
https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Docent-Academy-Resource-NL-Black-Heritage-Trail-Map.pdf
A Discourse: Delivered at the Funeral of Mr. Ichabod Pease, (a Man of Color) In St. James’ Church, New-London, March 5th, 1842 (Classic Reprint) by Robert A. Hallam
Week 7: Gilded Age on the Thames
Gilded Age on the Thames 1870-1900
Monte Cristo Cottage
https://www.theoneill.org/mcc – in addition to general information on the cottage, this page includes an extensive list of resources on O’Neill
Eugene O’Neill Resource List
https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Eugene-ONeill-Resources.pdf – listing of resources on Eugene O’Neill compiled by Deborah Donovan
Videos:
Eugene O’Neill’s New London: Stories from the Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWO_YUYlCa8
Pequot Chapel
https://www.pequotchapel.org
Pequot Colony District – 1852 – 1930
livingplaces.com/…/Pequot_Colony_Historic_District
Week 8: Garde Arts Center & The Arts on the Thames - Part II
Garde Arts Center
https://gardearts.org
The Garde Story
https://gardearts.org/about/#history
New London Cultural District
https://www.facebook.com/newlondonculturaldistrict/
New London Arts Council
https://www.newlondonartscouncil.org/
Week 9: The Military on the Thames
Week 10: FORT TRUMBULL / Graduation
Social Media / YouTube / Trip Advisor
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